World War One Australian Comforts Fund ACF 1918 Pinback Button Badge - very rare

 World War One Australian Pinback Button Badge

AUSTRALIA World War One Tin Lapel Political Patriotic Pin Back Button Badge very scarce - almost 100 years old

This is a WWI  issued Australian Comforts Fund Badge

World War One 1918 Australian Comforts Fund - ACF Pinback Button Badge -  Very Scarce

Description

WWI commemorative circular plastic-coated pressed tinplate metal badge with a celluloid face and a pin attachment on the reverse. It depicts a Red Ensign Australia flag hung from a 6 pointed red Star of David that contains the inscription "ACF". Upon the draped flag rest comfort items such as coffee , tobacco and a pipe. The inscription "1918" appears along the bottom side of this pin back badge.

Inscription:

ACF 1918

Maker
A W Patrick

Place made
Australia: South Australia, Adelaide

Date made
c 1918

Size
approximately 32 mm round ( 1 1/4 inches )

Summary

Fundraising badge produced during the First World War. Such badges were sold in trams, buses, at railways stations and at rallies to raise money for the stated cause.

The Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) was first formed in August 1916 from a number of individual state based organizations that had been created at the beginning of World War I to send comfort to the troops. Many local women's groups formed early in the war to provide various 'luxury items' to supplement the Australian soldier's army rations and personal kit. These groups were amalgamated in 1916 to form a national association which sought to provide additional 'comfort' items to all Australian's who were abroad. This federated organization was titled the Australian Comforts Fund and quickly grew into a fundraising, collecting, sorting and distributing machine which rivaled the scope of the Red Cross. At the conclusion of World War I, the ACF officially dissolved as of the 16th of April 1920, however it was revived in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II to provide comforts to a new generation of soldiers.